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Voyage of War Spirit – 1860/64

From Lloyds List

1860/64 – War Spirit, Luckes

Issue

Place of report

Content of report

Date of event

1860

?

Confirm sailing from Liverpool

Fri. June 29

Aden [Sept 13]

(Rickets), arrived from Liverpool

Sept 9

1861

Sat. Jan 22

Bombay [Dec 27]

Arrived from Aden

Dec 24

Fri. Mar 8

Bombay [Feb 12]

(Lucas), sailed for Kurrachee and London

Feb 11

Sat. Mar 23

Kurrachee [Feb 12]

(Lucas), arrived from Bombay, had lost topsail and split mainsail

Feb 22

Sat. Apl 6

Kurrachee [Mar 8]

Sailed for London

Feb 26

Mon. Jun 3

Table Bay [Apl 20]

Arrived from Kurrachee

Apl 11

and sailed for London

Apl 13

Thu Jun 13

Off Plymouth

War Spirit (tpt), Lucas, arrived from Kurrachee

Jun 13

Tue Jun 18

Gravesend [18, E] recd. 18^th per M.T. at 10.40

(Tucker), arrived from Kurrachee

Jun 18

Fri. Sep 20

Sunderland [19, SE]

Sailed for Bombay

Sep 18

Thu. Sep 26

Deal [26, N by W] recd. 26^th per M.T. at 12.35

Arrived from Sunderland, together with Northern Bride, for Bombay, arrived from the River & sailed

Sep 18

1862

Fri. Mar 21

Bombay [Feb 27]

Arrived from Sunderland

Feb 19

Wed. Jul 9

Bombay [June 11]

Sailed for London

June 11

Wed. Oct 15

Vessels spoken with

War Spirit, Bombay to London, 109 days out

Thu. Oct 16

Deal [16, W]

Arrived from Bombay

Oct 15

Fri. Oct 17

Gravesend [17, NW]

Arrived from Bombay

Oct 16

1863

Fri. Mar 13

Gravesend [Mar 12] recd. 12^th per M.T. at 3.55

Sailed for Auckland

Mar 12

Sat. Mar 14

Deal

Arrived from the River & sailed for Auckland NZ

Mar 13

Tue. Mar 17

off Dartmouth

Arrived from London, for New Zealand

Mar 16

Thu. Jun 11

Vessels spoken with

War Spirit, London to Rio Janeiro. 5 S 20 W

Apl 11

Mon. Sep 14

Auckland NZ [July 6]

Arrived from London

June 27

1864

Sat. Feb 6

Vessels spoken with

War Spirit, Auckland to Calcutta, 1^st Jan 1864 by the Hippolyta, Follet, at Calcutta

Jan 1

Mon. Feb 22

Calcutta [Jan 20]

Arrived from Auckland

Jan 7

Fri. May 13

Calcutta [Apl 9]

Sailed for London

Apl 7

Wed. Aug 31

off the Wight

Arrived from Calcutta

Aug 29

Thu. Sep 1

Gravesend

Arrived from Calcutta

Aug 31

War Spirit to Mackintosh

Kurrachee = Karachi

- This position is in the South Atlantic Ocean, crossing the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, to the north-west of Ascension Island.

Back to home....

Last Updated on 4 Mar 2005

By Carol I Robocker-Andersen, Research by Chris Freeman

Email: Carol Robocker

Issue	Place of report	Content of report	Date of event
1860
?		Confirm sailing from Liverpool
Fri. June 29	Aden [Sept 13]	(Rickets), arrived from Liverpool	Sept 9
1861
Sat. Jan 22	Bombay [Dec 27]	Arrived from Aden	Dec 24
Fri. Mar 8	Bombay [Feb 12]	(Lucas), sailed for Kurrachee and London	Feb 11
Sat. Mar 23	Kurrachee [Feb 12]	(Lucas), arrived from Bombay, had lost topsail and split mainsail	Feb 22
Sat. Apl 6	Kurrachee [Mar 8]	Sailed for London	Feb 26
Mon. Jun 3	Table Bay [Apl 20]	Arrived from Kurrachee	Apl 11
		and sailed for London	Apl 13
Thu Jun 13	Off Plymouth	War Spirit (tpt), Lucas, arrived from Kurrachee	Jun 13
Tue Jun 18	Gravesend [18, E] recd. 18^th per M.T. at 10.40	(Tucker), arrived from Kurrachee	Jun 18
Fri. Sep 20	Sunderland [19, SE]	Sailed for Bombay	Sep 18
Thu. Sep 26	Deal [26, N by W] recd. 26^th per M.T. at 12.35	Arrived from Sunderland, together with Northern Bride, for Bombay, arrived from the River & sailed	Sep 18
1862
Fri. Mar 21	Bombay [Feb 27]	Arrived from Sunderland	Feb 19
Wed. Jul 9	Bombay [June 11]	Sailed for London	June 11
Wed. Oct 15	Vessels spoken with	War Spirit, Bombay to London, 109 days out
Thu. Oct 16	Deal [16, W]	Arrived from Bombay	Oct 15
Fri. Oct 17	Gravesend [17, NW]	Arrived from Bombay	Oct 16
1863
Fri. Mar 13	Gravesend [Mar 12] recd. 12^th per M.T. at 3.55	Sailed for Auckland	Mar 12
Sat. Mar 14	Deal	Arrived from the River & sailed for Auckland NZ	Mar 13
Tue. Mar 17	off Dartmouth	Arrived from London, for New Zealand	Mar 16
Thu. Jun 11	Vessels spoken with	War Spirit, London to Rio Janeiro. 5 S 20 W **	Apl 11
Mon. Sep 14	Auckland NZ [July 6]	Arrived from London	June 27
1864
Sat. Feb 6	Vessels spoken with	War Spirit, Auckland to Calcutta, 1^st Jan 1864 by the Hippolyta, Follet, at Calcutta	Jan 1
Mon. Feb 22	Calcutta [Jan 20]	Arrived from Auckland	Jan 7
Fri. May 13	Calcutta [Apl 9]	Sailed for London	Apl 7
Wed. Aug 31	off the Wight	Arrived from Calcutta	Aug 29
Thu. Sep 1	Gravesend	Arrived from Calcutta	Aug 31
		War Spirit to Mackintosh